Brainerd ice contest

This will be our 5th year going up too the contest. Do any of you guys go to this contest? We stay at the Grand View Lodge, 8 of us stay there. We usually entertain in Nisswa Friday and Saturday evening. Really a fun ice fishing contest. Shawn

This will be my first year fishing the contest. Staying at the Quarterdeck resort. Very excited. Looks like a fun day.

Went years ago. Good times.

riverruns wrote:

This will be our 5th year going up too the contest. Do any of you guys go to this contest? We stay at the Grand View Lodge, 8 of us stay there. We usually entertain in Nisswa Friday and Saturday evening. Really a fun ice fishing contest. Shawn

PICKLE, PICKLE, PICKLE!

Live in baxter. Have done it once. Hoping to do it this year

Eelpoutguy wrote:

PICKLE, PICKLE, PICKLE!

Yep. That’s the spot. Works good to have a couple 20 year olds with us. Give’s us a driver back to the hotel.

Looks like weather will be good . Our crew of 8 last year placed 4 .

The 4 that didn’t place was their first year there. Same crew going back. This is an awesome contest.
Shawn

I have wanted to go for years. This year the wife and I will be able to make it with a group of friends that have gone for many years in a row. Should be fun

year 12-14 for the core of our group. We have a 100% absolutely perfect track record = zero prizes and wouldn’t miss it for just about anything

+ a reunion of sorts with college friends

lshd69 wrote:

Staying at the Quarterdeck resort.

It will appear like every law enforcement officer from the state is there. Keep it safe and don’t get arrested. CO 77 will be patrolled all weekend too.

There’s my tip of the day for your drive from quarterdeck and the Nisswa bus site.

Good luck. We are there on the ice by 9.

So I’m confused is it a fishing contest or drinking contest

Both. It depends on the people. Good place to people watch .

We fish and have our fun when its winding up. A person can play it how they want. 11,000 people and its all good. I’ve never seen an issue out there.

I drove past the contest site yesterday and the wheel houses are already starting to appear at the far edge of the contest perimeter.

Let the pre-fishing begin…..

Good Luck to all

Signs are going up, thank god I will be working at the house up in cross lake and not in brained this weekend lol. I only go if its below 0 less people lol.

Last night was the first night I have ever seen my wife be excited about being in the cold. Good luck to all that will be there.

I’m heading over to the Pickle in Nisswa now for a Bloody, then drive by Gull to watch them drill holes.

Maybe see your there Tuma. If so i’ll buy you guys a round.

You should see us. We will be there around 8 tonight. When on the ice during the event, you can spot me by my orange shuttle and I will match that round back to you.

We’ll be at the American legion for the meat raffle this afternoon then off too the pickle to get pickled.

Just walkin in.

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5 out of our group of 8 placed today.

We gained 1 more winner in our group from last year. We had 4 out of the same eight guys last year.

riverruns wrote:

5 out of our group of 8 placed today.
We gained 1 more winner in our group from last year. We had 4 out of the same eight guys last year.

That’s both completely awesome and insane all at once. We kept our perfect record, no prizes.

9 guys but some interested in fishing and a couple kept to just the drinking. People in several groups immediately adjacent caught fish but I think most got bumped down.

My group kept up with you patk. 3 guys fishing, 2 wasted wives, and no fish.

riverruns wrote:

5 out of our group of 8 placed today

What type of fish and size did you catch?

Pretty obvious what type of fish we caught. All around 1#. We had one more fish that wasn’t big enough to make the 150 places they pay out.